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Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

I realise how little i mean to people. i mean nothing.
its abit like walking down a long dark street never knowing when a light might flick on to show me the way or give me some hope.
im tired of trying. tired of hoping. tired of coping. tired of exisiting. tired of breathing. i think im done.
dear everyone that knows me, im sorry im such a disapointment. im sorry i cant live up to your expectations. im sorry i was born. im sorry if ive hurt you. im sorry if ive made you miserable. i deserve all the blame and hatred i have gotten. everything is my fault and im sorry.
im locked within the walls of my own minds and i just cant escape it.
Pain. Pain all the time. It runs through my veins a fast flowing river with nothing there to stop it.
Just get over it they say. i wish i could, im living minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. im struggling with memories that haunt me everyday and i dont think they will ever fade.
my thoughts are overwhelming and what hurts me the most is when people pretend to care but really they dont.
im so scared. things just arent the same anymore. im not doing anything right anymore. ive lsot myself, the person i once knew isnt here anymore. i dont know what to do anymore. i feel like i dont belong here or in reality. no where. i have constant feelings of being unworthy and hopeless, of being a prisioner in my own body.
i have so much pain physically and mentally. i try to stay happy. i try to keep smiling. i try to be brave. i try to be stong. i try to act like everything is ok but im far from it.
i never know when im going to have a 'good' day and at any minute im triggered and takes such a long time to recover.
there are monsters living inside me, attacking me, ripping me apart from the inside. i dont think its ever going to end
but its ok "ill just have to get over it" just as expected

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@NikNik wrote:
Hi @Scared
As I said, I'm sorry to read things are at boiling point with your mum at the moment.

Maybe if none of your strategies are working, other members could share their strategies to be present and breathe? Ideas team?

Um...I've just jumped in here so I don't know what you've tried @Former-Member or what things tend to work for you. When I am completely flooded I lie on the floor or in my bed and I don't let myself get up again until the big feelings have passed. I let myself think about anything I want to - how hopeless my life is, how much I want to die, how utterly alone I am, and I let the enormous waves of grief and despair wash over me...and I wait. And thus far, in the approximately 7300 days that I've been struggling with my muddle, I've always found that at some point the big feelings get a bit less and then I am able to get up and keep on keeping on. While the waves are crashing it doesn't FEEL like I can ever get up again, and that's ok, because the trick is to know that it's totally ok for the waves to be huge and it's ok to not be able to fight them. At that point, you simply stay still and the waves will wash over you and it will hurt like hell, but it WILL stop. It will almost certainly start again, possibly annoyingly soon, but there will always be periods of calm in between the waves. At least, that's been my experience over these 7300 days.

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OMG I can't believe you thought that - why? @Former-Member

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Re: Depression- Really Struggling- may be triggering

It worked well for me. My friend and I had a secret "our ex's are (insert expletives here)" collaborative board for a while lol.

We could always try a pin kind of board here for a bit if that's something you'd like and is allowed? You could pick the theme and I'd be happy to go along with it and anyone else joins in if they'd like? It's kind of like joining with you to express/vent/cry/laugh (whatever it is) creatively. Or we could save that for another time (or not at all too).

Love @zoe07 idea too 💛

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I don't know why my tag comes up as zoe07 sorry @Zoe7.

Also sorry to go a little off track but I wanted to say @Phoenix_Rising - you are honestly an incredible human. I appreciate your posts always.

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haha @Former-Member cheeky

@Zoe7 i wouldnt have a clue but obviously im wrong there too. apparently you think otherwise.

@Former-Member @Zoe7@Phoenix_Rising@Queenie@Former-Member

im running with Zoes idea to do a garden, im getting abit of inspiration and write notes and then draw it tomorrow. but i want you all to be involved and the way i can think of that is to get you all to jump on the net and pic a pic of your favourite butterfly, insect or whatever you want to be that lives in a garden... can you do that for me?

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@Former-Member Bugger doing it for @Former-Member - sorry little caterpillar!!! - but I want in on that idea too - can we start now @Former-Member please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please......

*Zoe realises how very unsupportive this is of scared but wants to do it anyway* lol

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read my post @Zoe7 just above yours... lol. ive just started it sort of

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This is the ONLY one I will accept you are wrong on @Former-Member - could not be further from the truth - maybe it was just your vulnerability and anxiety around joining and reaching out - and I was the poor sucker that was around lol

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Here's a cute little caterpillar for you @Former-Member

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Yes @Zoe7 can we?! I'm kind of super excited about your enthusiasm here haha. Start a new thread that everyone can join, including @Former-Member when ready and if wanting?!

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